150 years after its first performance in Vienna, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus arrives at Silk Street Theatre this Autumn.

Set to some of Strauss’ most memorable melodies, including waltzes and polkas, this exuberant comedy will whisk you to a party brimming with mischief, misunderstandings and mistaken identity.

Performed in German with English surtitles.

Please note, this production will contain haze.

150 years after its first performance in Vienna, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus arrives at Silk Street Theatre this Autumn.

Set to some of Strauss’ most memorable melodies, including waltzes and polkas, this exuberant comedy will whisk you to a party brimming with mischief, misunderstandings and mistaken identity.

Performed in German with English surtitles.

Please note, this production will contain haze.

Music by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano

An opera in one act sung in Italian

Seven years have passed since Sister Angelica has been forced to join a convent by her wealthy family for bearing a child out of wedlock. Her formidable aunt, a Princess, brings news from the outside world which sets in motion a tragic turn of events.

Directed by John Ramster (Eugene Onegin 2021, Cav & Pag 2023) and conducted by Stephen Higgins, this new fully-staged production features an outstanding cast including past and present participants in the West Green House Opera Young Artist Programme.

Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, in addition to new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.

Don't miss the chance to see three premieres: The Casserole, Sea Story and Ursa Minor.

Part of the Making It Festival.

Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, in addition to new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.

Don't miss the chance to see three premieres: The Casserole, Sea Story and Ursa Minor.

Part of the Making It Festival.

Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, in addition to new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.

Don't miss the chance to see three premieres: The Casserole, Sea Story and Ursa Minor.

Part of the Making It Festival.

Opera Makers features scenes from three Puccini operas, in addition to new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing, performed by singers and repetiteurs from the first year of the Guildhall Opera Course.

Don't miss the chance to see three premieres: The Casserole, Sea Story and Ursa Minor.

Part of the Making It Festival.

Finalists of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors Vocal Prize present a short programme of contrasting pieces.

Sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors

Book your place for the Final at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 26th April, starting at 6pm:
Tickets: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202404261800
More information: https://www.ferrierawards.org.uk

Watch the Semi-final with us at the Wigmore Hall on Wednesday 24th April, starting at 1pm:
Tickets: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202404241330
Book your place for the Final at the Wigmore Hall on Friday 26th April, starting at 6pm:
Tickets: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202404261800
More information: https://www.ferrierawards.org.uk

Outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course perform classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment, directed by Oliver Platt, conducted by Liz Rowe, with set design by Alisa Kalyanova.

Outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course perform classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment, directed by Oliver Platt, conducted by Liz Rowe, with set design by Alisa Kalyanova.

Outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course perform classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment, directed by Oliver Platt, conducted by Liz Rowe, with set design by Alisa Kalyanova.

Outstanding singers and repetiteurs from the first year of Guildhall School's Opera course perform classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment, directed by Oliver Platt, conducted by Liz Rowe, with set design by Alisa Kalyanova.

The final of this annual competition for sopranos and mezzo-sopranos, held in memory of Susan Longfield.

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts from The Rape of Lucretia, le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel, and others, performed with piano accompaniment.

This season, the Opera Scenes are presented in the setting of Guildhall’s Silk Street Theatre, directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, with musical direction by Ashok Gupta.

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts from The Rape of Lucretia, le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel, and others, performed with piano accompaniment.

This season, the Opera Scenes are presented in the setting of Guildhall’s Silk Street Theatre, directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, with musical direction by Ashok Gupta.

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts from The Rape of Lucretia, le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel, and others, performed with piano accompaniment.

This season, the Opera Scenes are presented in the setting of Guildhall’s Silk Street Theatre, directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, with musical direction by Ashok Gupta.

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts from The Rape of Lucretia, le nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Hänsel und Gretel, and others, performed with piano accompaniment.

This season, the Opera Scenes are presented in the setting of Guildhall’s Silk Street Theatre, directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans, with musical direction by Ashok Gupta.

Opera’s most famous double bill

Both set in a Sicilian village but two years apart, Cav & Pag (as they have become known to adoring fans) are full to the brim with intense emotion, high drama and powerful music.

image / artwork by artist Małgorzata Bańkowska. http://www.bankowska.eu/en/

Opera’s most famous double bill

Both set in a Sicilian village but two years apart, Cav & Pag (as they have become known to adoring fans) are full to the brim with intense emotion, high drama and powerful music.

image / artwork by artist Małgorzata Bańkowska. http://www.bankowska.eu/en/

World Premiere Performance

Creative Minds in Song, a ground-breaking social project pioneered by Song in the City, explores the deep link between mental illness and creativity.
A collaboration between Song in the City, MIND in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and the Guildhall School.

World Premiere Performance

Creative Minds in Song, a ground-breaking social project pioneered by Song in the City, explores the deep link between mental illness and creativity. A collaboration between Song in the City, MIND in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and the Guildhall School.

This programme, led by Vocal professor Marc Verter, explores the musical output by composers of different nationalities, who lost their homelands for various reasons. The programme will feature songs in English, French, German, Yiddish and Russian.

Postgraduate Vocal students present a series of staged scenes from a range of operas under the music direction of Florent Mourier, Michelle Santiago and Linnhe Robertson, with stage direction from Will Kerley.